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Maybe you could fabricate a foot ,like a scroll saw or presser foot, for your hold down. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, got to get one of those casting kits!!

Brilliant. I've got this casting set and you've answered a lot of questions. Thanks!

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Very Cool! I am building a new timber frame shop so my stuff is in storage. Martin castings are very good as are PM research castings.

Very interesting project. I am also building a die filer, mine is the Hemingway kits one and I have been using my Atlas shaper during the manufacturing of some of the parts.

Thank you!

Very nice work sir

Very nice work sir

Yeah I kept it slow as it has a large offset weight and only glued on the mandrel. Cheers

Wow that is turning slow.

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I’ve thought about assembling one of these for years. Your videos would help a lot!

I have the lathe in back gear to keep the vibration from the off-balanced weight to a minimum. Unfortunately the back gears are noisy.

Very nice work sir. A hit and miss is a dream for another day. Only build my first steam engine.

What was the purpose for the strip of paper between the job and the angle plate?

Very nice work sir. That shaper works great.

Hi Ian, nice work! I have just become the latest custodian of an Ammco version of your shaper. I need to build a work table for it & yours looks pretty good, any chance of some photos or dimensions? Also looks like I am going to have to build the clutch! Cheers Kerrin

Muito obrigado por compartilhar essa idéia. Farei o mesmo sistema de embreagem na minha plaina AMMCO 7".

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In my other videos I show detailed information on how it works. Enjoy!

Saudações. Muito interessante o modo com que o Sr. fez o batente de parada (stop). Tenho uma plaina igual a do Sr. e verei se consigo fazer esse dispositivo de parada nela. Obrigado.

Beautiful work there mate

Thank you!

É bom ver um trabalho de usinagem utilizando uma plaina limadora. Bom trabalho

I made the same die filer last year. Works really well. Nice shaper work.

Thank you Michel. I love your channel! Cheers from Ian in Canada.

Very nice. On a shaper you can make whatever you want. Just go for it.

Haha! I Was here for this class session! Imagine my surprise seeing all the familiar faces! Unfortunately i wasnt in the clip! LOL😂 ol Ken was a riot

One thing I always try on rusted parts at least with anything without rubber seals or bearings that might be affected is to warm the parts up more than enough to melt ordinary candle wax. Yeah it sounds like an old wives tale, but it really works. And I've seen it work many times when no amount of penetrating oil would. The heat slightly shifts things around and the wax is thin enough it flows into any areas it can and helps lubricate between the rust particles and the joint between the parts. It might save you some work some time. An old mechanic taught me that trick.

I am concerned that your compound's top may not be parallel to the ways on the bottom. Did you check if the top was level before you started planing it? An alternative way to help assure parallelism with the ways would have been to clamp the compound directly to the table rather than in the vise.

Thanks for posting the video. Nice job. I use a chip brush for removing chips, not my hand. I also where 7 mil nitrile gloves to keep my hands clean. These gloves are thin enough that they will tear away, just in case anyone is concerned.

totally boring - 10 minutes of the machine going back and forth - maybe u should have shown how u leveled the part and held it in the vise

Nice one Ian, thank you. Of course, the other benefit is that you can probably use 1/2" shank tooling now if you have the Dickson tool holder.

That is so slick. I downloaded the plans you made, now I've got to get other projects finished off so I can make the slip clutch. I believe the maximum step over is .018? Thanks for making it available to us and thanks for the video!

I wish my Ammco 7" was as nice as yours, but I'm working on it. I really like the slip clutch idea with the stop block. How long can run with the table against the stop without overheating or is that even a problem. I'm thinking of it running while doing somethin else in thje shop? Good video thanks!

Neat solution. Hard to assemble something with only one hand. The conical shaped springs are known as Belleville washers, McMaster.com has a good selection. Thanks for making the video.

Very neat design modification. Thanks for taking the time to share.All the best Mat

Nifty solution.

Very nice and a very good idea. I'm surprised I've never seen something like his on a commercial shaper. My Rockford was just set up with a bell that you could adjust the switch, so you could have some warning that it was getting close.